Roaring 20s Songs for Voice

Roaring 20s Songs for Voice

Step back in time with a collection of tunes from one of the most dynamic decades of the 20th century. This collection is not just a set of tunes; it's a portal to an age of jazz clubs, speakeasies, and a generation dancing towards modernity.

1.   Wanhall  -  Progressive Duos - Duetto 2



Progressive Duos - Duetto 2


2.   Hans Engelmann  -  Hallowe'en Dance

Engelmann, Hans


If you're looking for a spook-tacular dance that seems to depict a whole host of creatures of the night, this piece is it. Engelmann himself is not so well known today, but he was a hugely prolific composer of educational music. Let's hope his lessons weren't as scary as this!



Hallowe'en Dance


3.   Jack Judge  -  It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary

Judge, Jack


"It's a Long Way to Tipperary" is a British music hall song co-written by Jack Judge and Henry James "Harry" Williams. Although there has been a long-standing controversy over authorship. It was originally penned as a ballad, it was the publisher, Bert Feldman, who suggested it should become a marching song. It became popular among soldiers in the First World War and is remembered as a song of that war.



It's a Long, Long Way to Tipperary


4.   Stephen Foster  -  Oh Susanna



Oh Susanna


5.   Neil Moret  -  Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)



Hiawatha (A Summer Idyl)


6.   Carlos Gardel  -  Por Una Cabeza

Gardel, Carlos


"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. It has appeared in numerous movies, most famously in Scene of a Woman with Al Pacino, but also, for example, in Schindler's List.



Por Una Cabeza


7.   Di Capua  -  O sole mio

Di Capua, Eduardo


"O sole mio" is a globally known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the melody was composed by Eduardo di Capua. There are other versions of "O sole mio" but it is usually sung in the original Neapolitan language. "O sole mio" is the Neapolitan equivalent of standard Italian "Il sole mio" and translates literally as "my sunshine." In the UK in the 1980s the song was famously used for series of television commercials for Cornetto ice-cream, sung to the words "Just one Cornetto..."



O sole mio


8.   Hans Engelmann  -  Hallowe'en Dance

Engelmann, Hans


If you're looking for a spook-tacular dance that seems to depict a whole host of creatures of the night, this piece is it. Engelmann himself is not so well known today, but he was a hugely prolific composer of educational music. Let's hope his lessons weren't as scary as this!



Hallowe'en Dance


9.   Carlos Gardel  -  Por Una Cabeza (from the film Scent of a Woman)
(8notes PREMIUM)

Gardel, Carlos


"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. It has appeared in numerous movies, most famously in Scene of a Woman with Al Pacino, but also, for example, in Schindler's List.



Por Una Cabeza (from the film Scent of a Woman)
(8notes PREMIUM)


10.   Carlos Gardel  -  Por Una Cabeza (from the film Scent of a Woman)

Gardel, Carlos


"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. It has appeared in numerous movies, most famously in Scene of a Woman with Al Pacino, but also, for example, in Schindler's List.



Por Una Cabeza (from the film Scent of a Woman)


11.   Gallini  -  La Rose (No. 15 from 'A New Collection of Forty-Fou...



La Rose (No. 15 from 'A New Collection of Forty-Fou...


12.   Carlos Gardel  -  Por Una Cabeza

Gardel, Carlos


"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. It has appeared in numerous movies, most famously in Scene of a Woman with Al Pacino, but also, for example, in Schindler's List.



Por Una Cabeza


13.   Carlos Gardel  -  Por Una Cabeza

Gardel, Carlos


"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. It has appeared in numerous movies, most famously in Scene of a Woman with Al Pacino, but also, for example, in Schindler's List.



Por Una Cabeza


14.   A. G. Villoldo  -  El Choclo (Tango)

Villoldo, A. G.


El Choclo means "The Corn Cob" and is one of the most popular tangos. It was written by Ángel Villoldo, an Argentine musician, apparently in honour of a nightclub owner, who was known as "El Choclo".



El Choclo (Tango)


15.   Gallini  -  La Rose (No. 15 from 'A New Collection of Forty-Fou...



La Rose (No. 15 from 'A New Collection of Forty-Fou...


16.   Countess Ada De L.. -  Li'l Liza Jane

Lachau,  Countess Ada De


"Li'l Liza Jane", also known as "Little Liza Jane" and "Liza Jane", is a song dating back at least to the 1910s. It has become a perennial standard both as a song and an instrumental in traditional jazz, folk music, and bluegrass, and versions have repeatedly appeared in other genres including rock and roll. It is one of the standards of the New Orleans brass band tradition.



Li'l Liza Jane


17.   Carlos Gardel  -  Por Una Cabeza (from the film Scent of a Woman)
(8notes PREMIUM)

Gardel, Carlos


"Por una Cabeza" is an tango song with music and lyrics written in 1935 by Carlos Gardel and Alfredo Le Pera respectively. It has appeared in numerous movies, most famously in Scene of a Woman with Al Pacino, but also, for example, in Schindler's List.



Por Una Cabeza (from the film Scent of a Woman)
(8notes PREMIUM)


18.   Hans Engelmann  -  Hallowe'en Dance

Engelmann, Hans


If you're looking for a spook-tacular dance that seems to depict a whole host of creatures of the night, this piece is it. Engelmann himself is not so well known today, but he was a hugely prolific composer of educational music. Let's hope his lessons weren't as scary as this!



Hallowe'en Dance


19.   A. G. Villoldo  -  El Choclo (tango)

Villoldo, A. G.


El Choclo means "The Corn Cob" and is one of the most popular tangos. It was written by Ángel Villoldo, an Argentine musician, apparently in honour of a nightclub owner, who was known as "El Choclo".



El Choclo (tango)


20.   A. G. Villoldo  -  El Choclo (tango)

Villoldo, A. G.


El Choclo means "The Corn Cob" and is one of the most popular tangos. It was written by Ángel Villoldo, an Argentine musician, apparently in honour of a nightclub owner, who was known as "El Choclo".



El Choclo (tango)